Alphonse Leroy (aka Alphonse Alexandre Leroy),
1820–1902)
“Study of an Infant”, c1857, after a drawing by Giovanni
Antonio Sogliani (1492–1544), from the series
of plates (under the patronage of Count Alfred Émilien O'Hara van
Nieuwerkerke [1811–1892]) after old master drawings transcribed as
engravings to be used as drawing lesson studies (“Cours de Dessin”) in “Collection
de dessins originaux de grands maîtres gravés en fac-simile par Alphonse Leroy;
avec texte explicatif par MM. F. Reiset et F. Villot, conservateurs du Musée
Imperial du Louvre”, printed by Chatain (fl.1857/1864–1872) and published
in 1857–59 by Alphonse Leroy and Georges Rapilly (fl.1850–1890) in Paris.
Crayon-manner engraving with
aquatint(?) and plate tone, printed in a umber coloured ink on fine China paper
(originally chine collé on heavy blue wove paper), trimmed with a small margin
around the image borderline (with loss of the publication text lines), backed
with a support sheet.
Size: (sheet) 28.1 x 40.5 cm;
(image borderline) 26.8 x 39.5 cm.
Inscribed on plate below the
image borderline: (left) “Dessiné par Antonio Sogliani”; (centre) “impe. Chatain,
Paris.”; (right) “Gravé par Alphonse Leroy.”
Condition: well-printed impression
but with surface marks, trimmed with a small margin around the image borderline
and laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper.
I am selling this large
crayon-manner engraving designed as a drawing lesson study, for AU$234
(currently US$170.47/EUR143.86/GBP133.20 at the time of posting this print)
including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but
not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.
If you are interested in
purchasing this sensitive translation of the texture of a chalk drawing into an
engraving, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send
you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.
This print has been sold
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